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The Essay 'The White Album' By Joan Didion

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In the essay “The White Album,” Joan Didion recalls her most memorable experiences of the late nineteen sixties, ponders which one captures the essence of the era, and asks herself what these experiences meant in her life. The essay begins with Didion’s life before her 5 years of exploration. She felt that she was a responsible woman with a reputation. Cut to 1966, she appears to have lost her sense of narrative. Every major event that took place was happening without a grand picture in consideration. In this time of confusion, Didion reveals that she lived in a formerly luxurious Los Angeles home that then was on the brink of destruction. Didion begins to expand on all of the events that happened in the years she lived in the decaying house.
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